When a runner comes into my clinic, one of the first questions I ask is pretty obvious: “Where does it hurt?” Where you feel pain gives me a place to start. Anterior knee pain makes me think about different structures than pain behind the ankle. Groin pain creates a different list than lateral hip pain. But after years of evaluating and treating runners, I can tell you that where you hurt is only the beginning of the story. Running injuries commonly involve the knee, ankle/fo
Does your running form actually need fixing? Learn when gait retraining can help runners with pain and injury—and when changing your stride may be unnecessary.
I just got back from The Running School New York- a running camp in the Catskils where I gave a lecture on Low Energy Availability (LEA) and Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs). After the lecture, I was blown away by how many athletes came up to talk with me. I spent more than an hour answering questions, and I know that many of those runners walked away wondering, “Could this be happening to me?” This is the second time I have given this lecture at a running camp this
“I am a runner.” It is such a simple statement, but for many of us it means SO much more than the fact that we like to run. Running becomes part of how we see ourselves. We wake up early to run. Our friends are runners. Our vacations somehow turn into race weekends. We structure our schedules around training. We spend way too much money on shoes. We follow other runners on social media and talk about running with people who actually want to hear about our long run. And slowly
